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A pose at the durian orchard at Titi |
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 after
morning walk at the hill near our residential area at Bdr Sg Long, Lai Fah Sang, Yong Yew Khoon and I left at 10.45am from BSL in Lai's car to Titi,
Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan.
We reached Pekan Titi at about
12.20pm and met up with Leong Wong Fatt who had earlier invited us to eat
durians in a durian orchard in Titi. We went for coffee and bread at a coffee
shop in the town before proceeding to the orchard. The ride in Leong’s pickup
truck to the orchard on narrow laterite road took us about 20 minutes, passing
by hilly rubber plantations along the way.
Leong is entrusted by his boss to manage
the durian orchard and he has two Burmese workers there to pick up durians as well
as mangosteens. Lai, Yong and I ate about 6 to 7 pieces of durians of the various species of D24 and Musang King with the compliments from Leong. All durians were very tasty as they were fresh and I had never been so satisfied for a long time. After eating. each of us bought some durians from Leong to bring home. I bought 3 pieces of D24 durians weighing 4.5 kg for RM 65.00.
We left the durian orchard at
1.50pm and returned to Pekan Titi at about 2.15pm. Leong delivered 2 crates of
mangosteens to a fruit shop after Lai took 3kg and I 2kg of them. We were told
the mangosteens were traded for RM 2.50 per kg only there (whereas the price is
around RM 8 per kg in KL). I also bought 2 pieces of pineapples (selling at RM
4.00 per kg) from the shop for RM 11.00.
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A wefie with Yong (pic centre) and Leong (pic right) at the coffee shop at Titi town |
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Pic from right: Yong Yew Khoon, Leong Wong Fatt and Lai Fah Sang |
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Arrived at the durian orchard |
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D24 durian |
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Three of us savoring durians (Leong didn't join us eating) |
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Musang King durians |
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Leong calculating the quantity of durians to be sold to us |
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Leong showing us the budding point of durian |
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Durian tree |
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Mangosteen tree |
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Durians (covered) and mangosteens in crates being transported out from the orchard |
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The road from orchard to town |
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Leong driving his pickup truck |
After that, we went to Leong’s
bungalow house for a rest. We settled
payment to Leong for the durians we bought and it was a pleasant surprise that
the mangosteens were given free to us.
Leong took us to Kedai Kopi
& Makanan Swee Fatt in the main road of Pekan Titi for refreshment before
we returned to home. He initially wanted to bring us to a “tong sui” shop but
it was closed. The shop was full of customers that made me admire at the
easy-going life of a small town like Titi at about 3pm in the afternoon on a
working day! The cost of one glass of iced coffee, two cups of hot coffee and a
glass of barley water was only RM 6.00. Cheap!
We bade farewell to Leong at
3.15pm. Before returning home, I managed
to take a few photos of a wall painting of a building said to be contributed by
Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai, the founder and executive chairman of Top Glove Bhd. who
hailed from Titi. We returned to BSL at about 4.55pm. I am grateful to Lai for the driving and Yong for the company of this pleasant durian-eating trip.
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Leong's bungalow house used for tourists' homestay as well |
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Going to Kedai Kopi & Makanan Swee Fatt (瑞发茶餐室) |
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Proof of easy-going life of people in a small town |
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Wall painting in Pekan Titi |
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